Ice rarely forms: Hyde Park sees fewer frosts than 75% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.6°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in September and least in February. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 70% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 128 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for London (15 km east).
A year in Hyde Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hyde Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hyde Park feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 139 frosts and 128 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 11 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 962 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 152 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 43 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km away (London records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Hyde Park
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need less heating than 79% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hyde Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 3 May and returns near 16 October, about 165 days apart.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 18 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 55 days a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Hyde Park’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: London
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for London are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 km east |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km |
How Hyde Park compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Hyde Park whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 20 km from Hyde Park, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park London | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 962 mm |
| Oneida 41 20 km · Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C 0.7°C warmer | −8.5°C 0.6°C milder | 966 mm |
Hyde Park weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.6°C | −9.1°C | −5.4°C | 79 mm | 43 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.0°C | −4.8°C | 63 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −4.5°C | 0.1°C | 67 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12.2°C | 1.4°C | 6.8°C | 89 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 13.2°C | 18.8°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.3°C | 21.0°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.7°C | 5.0°C | 9.9°C | 83 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.6°C | 88 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −5.2°C | −2.0°C | 79 mm | 37 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.2°C | 962 mm | 152 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.0°C; the steadiest month is June
March has the widest record range, −25.6°C in 2003 to 27.2°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Hyde Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for London, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hyde Park’s climate
How warm does Hyde Park get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Hyde Park get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −9.1°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Hyde Park get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 962 mm; the range runs from 63 mm in February to 93 mm in September.
Are these figures for Hyde Park itself?
Nearly: London, the location behind them, sits just beyond Hyde Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hyde Park →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).